Press reports have suggested that Senate leaders are now considering a $200 billion fund to help states partially offset the nearly $800 billion dollars in lost federal Medicaid funding they would face over the next decade if the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) became law. In a new To the Point post, George Washington University’s Sara Rosenbaum and colleagues explain that the time-limited fund would do little to address the human and financial consequences of the BCRA’s original cuts. And there are questions about how the money would exactly be spent.
The Medicaid Fund: Beware of Gifts
